Carpet-fastener.



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J. F. vAN wlcKEL, 1n.

CARPET FASTENER. (Application med my 11, 189'9.)

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UNITE STATES JESSE F. VA-WIOKEL, JR., OF JERSEY CITY, NEV JERSEY.

CARPET- FASTEN ER.

SPECFICATION forming part f Letters Patent N0. 635,211, dated. OCtOlOeI 17, 1899.

Application filed May l1, 1899. Serial No. 716,382. (No model.)

the actual scope thereof. as indicated at the right in Fig. l.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying Having thus described my invention, I drawings,forming a part of this specification, claim as new and desire to secure by Letters in which similar characters ofreference indi- Patenti cate corresponding parts in both views. A carpet-fastener,comprising a tube adapt- 55 zo Figure 1 is a sectional View showing the ed to be rigidly secured in the floor, a collar invention in use; and Fig. 2 is a perspective provided with a main and counter bore, the view of the invention, showing the elements upper end f the tube being received in the dissociated. lower portion of the counterbore of the collar,

The fastener comprises a socket portion and a yielding annulus fitted in the upper portion 6o 2 5 a button portion. The socket portion has a of the counterbore of the collar and bearing tube or socket proper, a, to the upper end of against the upper extremity of the tube, and Which is screwed a collar b. The tube or a button having a shank serving snugly to socket c, with the collar b, is sunk permafit in the main bore of the collar and into the nently in the flooring, with the upper edge of upper end of the tube, the shank having an 65 3o the collar Iiush with the fioor. The collar b annular groove receiving the yielding annuis counterbored, the tube a screwing into the lus, whereby to hold the button in place. enlarged bore thereof. The end of theI tube thus screwed into the collar serves also to JESSE F VAN XVICKEL JR hold a spring-annulus c, the annulus being Witnesses: held between sa'id end of the tube andthe XIV. H. MATHEUS,

To @ZZ whom. t may concern:

Beit known that I, J EssE F. VAN WICKEL, Jr., of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Carpet-Fastener, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of this invention is to provide superior means for fastening carpets to marble and other oors in ireproof buildings, it being understood that in working with such floors itis impossible to drive tacks.

This specification is the disclosure of one form of my invention, While the claim deues shoulder formed in the collar by the counterbore thereof. This annulus is capable of cond tracting and expanding upon being engaged by the button, as will be now described.

The button comprises a flat head e, sewed or otherwise fastened to the under side of the carpet, (represented at f.) The button also comprises a' shank g, with an annular groove h therein. The shank g is adapted to fit loosely in the collar b, as indicated by the dotted lines at the right in Fig. l, and the annulus c is caused first to spring over the lower portion of the shank g andnext to contractin the groove thereof, thus rmly holding the button in the collar and securing the carpet,

J AMES MCCLEAR. 

